The Arabic language is a receptacle for the words of Allah U and in it are words that have several meanings and one of them is the word qada. It has a general meaning, that is, an affair that has been decreed, taken from the word qada’. Qada’ is a rule that is not changeable. The word qada can also mean something that reaches the end, and in the verse:
﴾فَإِذا قَضَيتُم مَناسِكَكُم فَاذكُرُوا اللَّهَ﴿
“And when you finish your r ites, then remember Allah”
[Surah Al-Baqarah: 200].
It also means a ruling or an affair and a decree that is established:
﴾وَقَضىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلّا تَعبُدوا إِلّا إِيّاهُ وَبِالوالِدَينِ إِحسانًا﴿
“Your Lord has decreed that you shall not worship anyone except Him, and [He has enjoined] kindness to parents.” [Surah Al-Isra’: 23],
﴾إِنَّما أَمرُهُ إِذا أَرادَ شَيئًا أَن يَقولَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكونُ﴿
“Indeed, when He wills something, His command is to say to it ‘Be,’ and it is.” [Surah Yaaseen: 82],
that is, a ruling by order.
﴾وَنادَوا يا مالِكُ لِيَقضِ عَلَينا رَبُّكَ﴿
“They will call out, ‘O Mālik! Let your Lord finish us off!’”
[Surah Az-Zukhruf: 77]
meaning that we will be destroyed.
﴾فَاقضِ ما أَنتَ قاضٍ﴿
“Decide whatever you may” [Surah Taha: 72]
meaning, do whatever you want, this is when the magicians of Pharaoh said that to him.
﴾وَإِذَا قَضَى أَمْراً فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ﴿
“When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, ‘Be,’ and it is.”: